For the next few days, Li Xiu arranged for Li Bao to stay with Wang Dongfang. It wasn't that he forbade him from staying home; rather, living with Wang Dongfang and the others would help him acclimate faster. He had the three of them take turns training him from the very basics. Wang Dongfang and his friends knew their futures didn't lie in those two small shops, so they held nothing back and poured all their effort into training Li Bao.
With everything arranged, Li Xiu finally had some free time. Whenever Zhou Lian was asleep, he would go out for a stroll, and no one knew what he was up to. This continued until the hottest day in August, when Li Xiu was summoned by Elder Ping and brought to the Imperial Palace.
Seven or eight elders were seated in Elder Ping's private parlor. When they saw Li Xiu walk in, they all scowled and glared at him. 'This lawless brat! Is he trying to flip the heavens upside down?'
